12 actors who you forgot were nearly in Fifty Shades Of Grey

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Charlie Hunnam as Christian Grey

Charlie actually signed up to appear in the Fifty Shades Of Grey movies as Mr Grey, but soon decided it wasn't for him after all.

He told Entertainment Weekly: "I just kind of made a bit of a rookie mistake in that one in biting off more than I could chew."

He also told V Man of having to pull out: “Oh, it was the worst professional experience of my life. It was the most emotionally destructive and difficult thing that I’ve ever had to deal with professionally. It was heartbreaking.”

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Ryan Gosling as Christian Grey

Lovely Ryan "was the original prototype for the 27-year-old billionaire with a penchant for S&M, but he was not interested," according to a The Hollywood Reporter.

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Garrett Hedlund as Christian Grey

Garrett was high on Universal's list for actors to play Christian. But according to The Hollywood Reporter he declined the role "because he couldn't connect with the character."

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Robert Pattinson as Christian Grey

Author Bret Easton Ellis tweeted that "E.L. James and I were at Rob Pattinson's house when she admitted that Rob was first choice for Christian."

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Matt Bomer as Christian Grey

Fans wanted Matt Bomer to play Christian so much that a petition started, and garnered almost 100,000 signatures.

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Felicity Jones as Anastasia Steele

There was interest in British actress Felicity playing Ana, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, because she was 30 at the time of casting, she was too old to play a 21-year-old college student.

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Elizabeth Olsen as Anastasia Steele

Mary-Kate and Ashley's sister Elizabeth was a possible for the role of Ana, but alas, it wasn't to be

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Emma Watson as Anastasia Steele

Despite early rumours that Emma would be playing Ana, the Harry Potter actress tweeted: "Who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life."

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Alicia Vikander as Anastasia Steele

Alicia was also in the running to play Ana.

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Imogen Poots as Anastasia Steele

We could have seen British actress playing Ana, but sadly it wasn't meant to be.

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Shailene Woosley as Anastasia Steele

Shailene Woodley was one of E.L. James' early favourites to play Ana, according to THR, but the actress' press schedule for Divergent conflicted with the filming of the movie.

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Lucy Hale as Anastasia Steele

Pretty Little Liars' Lucy told Cosmopolitan US that her audition for the film was "very, very sexual."

She added: "It's one of those things where you have to commit wholeheartedly or you're going to make a fool of yourself."

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